Improvement in charring barrel-heads



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Lcttcrs Patent No. 107,339, dated September 13, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT-IN CHRRING- BARREL-HEADS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesaaie` To all whom. tracy concern! Be it known that I, JACOB I).CornNHavur., of IiIartinsburg, in the county of Berkeley and State ofWest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Imiprovement in theProcess of Chai-ring Barrels or Cask- Heads; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,sutiicient to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionlappertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, making part of this speciiication.

In the drawing-fn Figure l is a perspective view of my device.

rIhis invention relates to a device for charring the heads of barrels orcasks, Sto., and consists ofthe employment of a flame within -a cressetor tube, upon the top of which is placed the head of the barrel or caskdesired to be charred.

lt also consists of the peculiar constructionof the cresset or tubewithin which the flame is produced, so constructed as to aiiord draughtfor vthe fire, support for the barrel or cask-head, and also to allowfree escape f or the iiame 'and sm'oke, when said head is placed uponthe cresset or tube.

Furthermore, it has for its object to prevent the burning of thatportion of the barrel or cask-head which 'enters where the croz'e isformed by means of a ange formed at or near the top of thel cresset ortube.

A -may represent the body of 'the cresset or tube, which, in the presentinstance, is made in the form ci' a cylinder, and may be constructed ofsheet metal, cast or wrought-iron, or any other suitable material, and.of any desired form best adapted for the purpose,

and, when not cast'in one piece, the ends overlap, and are securedtogether by means of bolts, rivets, or

other attachments.

At or near the bottom of the cresset or tube A are formed a series -ot`openings, a. a a, which afford a complete draught for the iire kindledwithin. Near the top is formed, or otherwise secured, a projectingmetallic ange, C, extending entirely around the periphery of saidcresset or tube A, which serves to prevent the Haine within the cressetor tube burning or injuring the outer edges, or that portion whichenters the crozes of the barrel. v

Immediately below theprojecting iiange G is formed a series ofveut-holes, b b l), whih allows the flame and smoke produced withinthecresset, where heads are being charred, to descend and escape through'said openings.

The iaine is carried outwardly 'through openings b b b, and preventedfrom injuring the outer portion of the head, which enters the croze vofthe barrel, by means of the projecting flange above described.' A se-`ters Patent, is-

1. The method of charring the heads of. barrels or rions objection isthus overcome, and a result produced not heretofore accomplished.

The cresset or tube may be formed with a projecting base,'as at d, so asto prevent it upsetting, in 'which case it rests directly upon thehearth or other snit-able platform; or it may be provided with feet, andraised several inches from the hearth or platform,

`so as to leave an open space, in order to admit the combustiblematerial through the said opening. But I prefer that it rest directly onthe hearth or platform, and the combustible material thrown in at thetop.

The operation is as follows:

The head being ready for insertion into the croze ofthe barrel or cask',allowing, say, about one-sixteenth of an inch for. shrinkage, it isplaced upon the cressct or tube, a fire is made therein, and in thespace of a few minutes the head will he perfectly charred, and ready forinsertion while in a hot state, and, on becoming cold, it will, fuomexpansion, fit tight, and prevent all leakage.

For the purpose of handling the head, when heated, a small spike orother device is inserted into it previous to the charring, so as to aidthe operator in arranging it in its proper lplace in the barrel or cask.

It will thus be seen that'I have produced a simple and cheap device,readily constructed by any one, and, at the same time, I have overcomethe vdifiieulty now experienced in charring the heads of barrels, &c.,last inserted, said difficulty .being this, that when the aforesaidheads are charred by the old process, that portion of the head whichenters the croze is' always more o1' less burned, and when it is placedin the barrel or'cask, there is a leakage at the joint. Thus the barrelor cask is rendered imperfect,

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letcasks, substantially asdescribed.

2. 'lhe cresset or tube A', provided with a projecting flange, C, on4its periphery, and a series of draughtholes, a a a, and vent-holes b bb, substantially as described.

3. The cresset or tube A, provided with a base, d, openings@J a a. and bb b, and projecting flange substantially as described, for the purposeherein set forth.

lo the above I have signed my name this 6th day' Witnesses:

j L. S. LUCE,

E. G. ALBURTIS.

